TITLE:
Upper Extremities Injuries in Children Attending Pediatric Emergency Department-SFH, Riyadh-Saudi
AUTHORS:
Elsharif A. Bazie, Tasneem Hani Aldraye, Fahad Mishal Alharbi, Ahmed Sughayyir Albalawi
KEYWORDS:
Upper Extremities, Injury, Emergency, Pediatrics: Saudi Arabia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Emergency Medicine,
Vol.10 No.1,
February
14,
2022
ABSTRACT: Trauma is a physical injury caused by violence or
other forces; in serious trauma, the patient will be at risk of death or loss
of function. Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among all age
groups. Objective: To study the pattern and outcome of upper limbs
trauma in children attending the pediatric emergency department. Methodology: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted in the Department
of Pediatrics at Security Forces Hospital-Al-Riyadh. Result: Total
number of patients seen during the study period was 343 patients, their age
range between 6 months and 13 years old with a mean age of 5.473 (±3.8572);
also, results showed boys were 187 (54.5%) patients and girls were 156 (45.5%)
patients. Based on the site of trauma in the upper limbs, lacerations were in 114 (33.2%), Hand and/or wrist fracture in 67 (19.5%), Nursemaid Elbow
in 43 (12.5%), both Radius and Ulnar bones fracture in 33 (9.6%), Radius bone
fracture in 29 (8.5%), supracondylar fracture in 22 (6.4%), Clavicle bone
fracture in 20 (5.8%), Humorous bone fracture in 7 (2%), Condylar bone fracture
6 (1.7%), and there was 1 (0.3%) patient with Scapulae and Ulna fracture.